The Miramar Airshow for 2010 was an experience unlike any other airshow I have attended for Photorecon for two reasons.  First, I was invited to attend the Media Flight Day on Thursday (the day before the airshow officially began) and second I was able to secure a seat on the Blue Angels C-130 “Fat Albert” during Sunday’s airshow. Arriving at MCAS Miramar Thursday for the media flight day, I had ... Read More

A few of our best photographs from this years races.. ... Read More

A Journey To The USS Carl Vinson / CVN 70 By Steve Kates- Dr.Sky As a Radio/TV host; Dr.Sky; it has been a goal of mine, to report on what it is like to visit a US Navy carrier, out at sea! That dream was given to us in August of 2010, as our media group, Dr.Sky Inc./ Photo Recon.net and Blue Scarecrow Entertainment were given an opportunity to be a part ... Read More

Going to the annual EAA Convention at Oshkosh has become a part of every summer for a lot of us.  I’ve been taking my son since he was four years old.   My father went when I was seven (it was in Rockford, IL back then).  I haven’t missed a lot of shows in 43 years.  The “Fly In” has evolved into the “premier aviation event in the world” but ... Read More

On July 21 Photorecon was on hand @  Nellis, AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada  for the RED FLAG 10-4 exercise. The USAF allowed us and several other photographers to attend an exciting opportunity to witness and  cover the launch and recovery of the aircraft participating in the exercise from in between the two main runways. At a blistering 117 degrees before noon, units representing  USAF, USMC, USN, RSAF(Singapore) ,RSAF(Saudi Arabia) ,and PAF(Pakistan) "their first ... Read More

Upstate New York is an area that has miserable winters, lakes, mountains, poor farmers, vineyards, wineries, and the greatest airshow on turf.   The greatest airshow on turf happens each summer in Geneseo, New York which is a small college town south of Rochester.   It’s the home of the 1941 Historical Air Group and a museum which has the Memphis Belle (OK, USAF Museum, it’s the “Movie Memphis Belle”, but ... Read More

On July 24th and 25th Photorecon was fortunate enough to have its first photocall at NAS Fallon.  NAS Fallon is the home of the Navel Strike Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) and the Fighter Weapons School (Topgun).   Photographers from Photorecon, Aviation Photographers of Southern California (APSOCAL), and Arizona Aviation Photographers (AzAP) made the trek to NAS Fallon, located approximately 60 miles east of Reno, Nevada. On day 1 at 0830 we ... Read More

A Salute to the Greatest Generation As America’s foremost living history aviation museum, Planes of Fame Air Museum, in conjunction with the County of San Bernardino, will showcase the aircraft of America‘s Greatest Generation. Please Join Us! Airshow 2010 is a fun and exciting event for the entire family, in addition to being high-visibility marketing opportunity for your business or organization. We hope you’ll join us in ... Read More

Story and Photos by Phil Myers On Wednesday, May 5th Planes of Fame Air Museum, located in Chino California, hosted it annual Media Day.  The Media Day was kicked off with an Airshow overview by Frank Mormillo, the museum’s media coordinator.  Following Frank, was the president of the museum, Steve Hinton. Steve spoke about the museum and the airshow.  Also in attendance was Steven “Steve O" Hinton, the current Air ... Read More

Team members of Photorecon had a rare opportunity to fly with the Arizona wing of the Air National Guards/ 161st Air Refueling Wing,197th ARS. Our flight with the “Copperheads” took place on December 11th, 2009. During our 2hr flight we experienced the dedication that this group offers up, helping to support “thirsty” aircraft, on missions around the world.Our team flew on board a KC135R a modernized version of the ... Read More

Our very own Dave Budd was invited out to Mojave Space Port to photograph the Orbital L-1011 known as Stargazer”  This  aircraft is an L-1011 commercial transport aircraft modified to serve as the launch platform for Orbital’s air-launched Pegasus rocket as well as a platform for airborne research projects. The L-1011 has been used to successfully launch 32 Pegasus rockets as well as the captive carry flights of the ... Read More

The vision and mission of the National Aviation Heritage Invitational is to encourage the preservation of aviation history through the restoration of vintage aircraft to original flying condition. The National Aviation Heritage Invitational promotes aircraft restoration via friendly competition, bringing valuable aviation treasures together in one venue. This endeavor is a joint effort under the auspices of Rolls-Royce North America Inc., the National Aviation Hall of Fame, the Reno ... Read More

New look coming on strong. This is our new look that we chose to go with. Looks like a big improvement over the last theme. Only good things to come!!! Stay tuned!! ... Read More